Since STS-1 launched on April 12, 1981, 355 individuals from 16 countries flew 852 times aboard the shuttle. The five shuttles traveled more than 542 million miles and hosted more than 2,000 experiments in the fields of Earth, astronomy, biological and materials sciences. The shuttles docked with two space stations, the Russian Mir and the International Space Station. Shuttles deployed 180 payloads, including satellites, returned 52 from space and retrieved, repaired and redeployed seven spacecraft.

Space shuttle Atlantis lands for the final time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA TV.

Total lunar eclipse happening now & you can see it online for those that can't see it live. This is the second total eclipse of the moon this year. The next total lunar eclipse will occur in April 2014.